Stamps School of Art and Design Natural Dye and Fibers Garden

Natural Dye and Fibers Garden at the Stamps School of Art and Design

The concept for this garden was initiated by Madeline Dunn and Michael Petzak during their winter 2013 semester independent study with Mike Shriberg. They both took Environment 391: Sustainability and the Campus and submitted deliverables at the end of the semester that included the ignition of satellite permaculture gardens to the UM Campus Farm on central and north campuses. The concept of the Natural Dye and Fibers Permaculture Garden was taken up by a group of students in Joseph Trumpey’s Sustainable Food Systems Design course during the Fall 2013 semester. Chelsea Noel and Sushmita Charlu researched natural dye and fibers compiling a list of temperate climate plants that could be grown outside of the art school and used by students.

The Natural Dye and Fibers Garden Design and iPhone Application Created By Sushmita Charlu

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Thank you Zachary Julian for hosting and helping design this website. Your graciousness and enthusiasm has been a treat and I am so grateful to have you in my life.

Thank you Virginia Murphy for advising me these last two years and allowing me to explore my own creativity through the culmination of this website. You have been both an influence as well as an inspiration for me to continue down my path of finding bliss and happiness.

One last big thank you needs to go out to my family. I love you and appreciate all of your support. From irish dancing as a little girl, to skiing in the junior olympics as a teen, and now finishing up my Honors thesis at the University of Michigan as a young adult, I can't thank you enough for bringing me into this world and allowing me to follow my dreams.